Level 1 : Are you compliant?

Do you have a CSR Policy that has been reviewed and approved in the last financial year?

Have you updated your website with the composition of the CSR Committee, CSR Policy and information about CSR projects approved by the Board?

Have you created an Annual Action Plan that is approved by the Board?

Do you have due diligence reports for your NGO Partners with CSR registration number?

Do you sign a detailed MoU with budget, implementation plan and project KPIs with each NGO?

Do your implementing partners submit audited utilisation reports annually?

Does your CFO certify utilisation for the financial year?

Is your CSR Annual Report and CSR Form 2 as per MCA requirements?

Do you receive project progress reports on a regular basis from your partners?

Did you need to open an unspent CSR account for unutilised budget for FY 23-24?

Do you track your unspent budget for previous financial years?

Level 2 : Do you follow simple CSR best practices?

Do you have an LFA and Theory of Change framework for each program?

Do your NGOs submit an Annual Operational Plan for each project?

Do you have a line item wise budget for your projects that looks at direct/indirect costs, opex/capex costs, etc?

Do you undertake monthly/quarterly cadence with your NGOs on milestones and action plan?

Do you undertake site visits to projects to verify program progress, bookkeeping and beneficiary response?

Do you sign an amendment to MoUs for any change in scope?

Have you undertaken a Needs Assessment or Community Investment Plan for your project locations?

Have you conducted a baseline and planned a midline for your large scale projects?

Do you integrate learnings from previous Impact Assessments into your current projects?

Do you reserve funds for contingencies or disaster response?

Do you examine cross-cutting themes such as gender, technology and sustainability in program design?

Have you developed a CSR Vision and aligned your flagship program with this?

Have you integrated community or in-kind contributions as part of your project costs?

Have you planned an exit strategy for all your projects?

Does your project planning envision capacity building of Community Based Organisations to whom you may hand over your projects?

Do you integrate your project services with any Government schemes?